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A.D. 800-1050 The Viking Age when Swedish Vikings came into contact with Finland when establishing, via Russia, trade ties. The Finnish word for Sweden is 'Ruotsi' and the Finns' name for the Swedes is 'Rus' which is believed to be the origin of the name Russia.

1323 - Finland becomes part of the Swedish realm
1550 Helsinki founded as Helsingfors by the Swedish king.
1808 - Russian invasion of Sweden supported by Napoleon.
1809 - Finland is ceded to Russia by the Swedes

1812 - Helsinki becomes capital of Finland.
1899 Russian imposed as the official language
1914-18 World War I.
1917 - The Russian Revolution and Finland declares its independence.
1919 - Finland becomes a republic.
1939 - Outbreak of World War II. Finland declares its neutrality but is invaded by the Soviet Union in November.
1940 - The Treaty of Moscow gives approximately 10% of Finnish lands to the Soviet Union
1941 - Finland declares war on the Soviet Union and Britain declares war on Finland
August 1945 The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945 Germany surrenders to the Allies
1947 - Peace treaty signed between Finland and Soviet Union

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